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‘Addiction to secrecy’: opposition and crossbench slam Labor’s ‘undemocratic’ changes to FoI – including charging fees

The proposed changes, which the government claims are needed to combat AI-generated requests, would also reduce what documents can be released

The Guardian - AU

Unknown number of servicewomen gagged by ADF agreements

The defence force chief is offering to review non-disclosure orders for victims of sexual misconduct but stopped short of committing to a blanket annulment.

AAP

Trump’s ratings recover a little after slump; Australian Labor retains large poll leads

Donald Trump’s net approval is up a little after a slump to a term low on November 23, as Republicans hold a federal seat at a special election. In Australia, Labor continues to hold large leads in federal polls, but received just 8.3% at the Hinchinbrook Queensland state byelection.

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'Didn't get it right': BOM defends website cost blowout

The Bureau of Meteorology's chief executive is standing by controversial changes to its website overhaul as he faces a senate grilling.

AAP

Voting in Victoria is broken. Here’s how it could be fixed and who would benefit

Victoria is the only state to still use group voting tickets to elect its upper house. What will it mean for voters and the parliament if it abolishes them?

The Guardian - AU

Your Party faces proxy war despite avoiding leadership race, insiders warn

Some members say supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will continue battle over ‘soul of the party’

The Guardian - UK

More than 20 taken to hospital after Melbourne carbon monoxide leak – as it happened

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Dirty deal the death knell for forestry industry: Ley

New environment laws have sparked grave warnings for the Tasmanian forestry sector, but the government says a $300 million support package will safeguard jobs.

AAP

Voices: The revolution will not be organised: Your Party descends into farce on day one

COMMENT: A dour, droning speech from Jeremy Corbyn was the least of Your Party’s worries on day one of their Liverpool conference, writes Kat Brown. It will go down in history as a parody of car-crash politics

The Independent UK

Your Party conference thrown into chaos as Zarah Sultana boycotts first day

Sultana skips Saturday’s proceeding in solidarity with delegates expelled over links to other parties

The Guardian - UK

Police charge 11 protesters after climate flotilla prevents coal ship from entering Newcastle harbour

Thousands of protesters, including Australian Greens leader, gather for annual climate protest in world’s largest coal export port

The Guardian - AU

The Green party’s policies on Israel are appealing to young British Jews

Letter: Prof David Feldman, Dr Ben Gidley and Dr Brendan McGeever from the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism say it is wrong to characterise Jewish support for the Greens as ‘paradoxical’

The Guardian - UK

Labor on a high as Barnaby bolts and Pauline shocks

As the political year draws to a close, a week of Senate estimates is all that's left on the calendar, with a controversial website redesign to be scrutinised.

AAP

‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles

Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature

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Morning Mail: Australians’ diet ‘to worsen’, Hong Kong fire death toll rises, the shocking legacy of face transplants

Experts say federal food council will increase the influence of big producers

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on Barnaby’s defection and how the environment law deal ‘fell apart’

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has had a rugged start as leader. With Liberal rivals Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie circling for her position, Ley needs to not only survive, but rebuild her party from its historic lows in the polls.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal

Come dance with me! That was Environment Minister Murray Watt’s invitation to the opposition as he prepared to push through his reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political

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Afternoon Update: Labor and Greens do nature laws deal; Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals; and cricket’s real-life Field of Dreams

Government agrees to prevent fast-tracking of coal and gas projects and subject native forest logging to national environment standards over 18 months

AAP

'It's disastrous': state scathing of nature reforms

A ground-breaking overhaul of Australia's environment laws has been labelled a disaster that could devastate economic growth.

The Guardian - AU

Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens

Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes

The Conversation

Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?

Today is a landmark day for environmental law. After years of false starts and abandoned promises, Labor has finally struck a deal with the Greens to pass long-awaited changes to the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. The laws are expected to pass the Senate today – the final…

The Guardian - AU

New rules crack down on high risk loans as Australian property market heats up

Regulator announces 20% cap on share of new lending banks can do on mortgages worth more than six times borrower’s income

The Guardian - AU

Labor strikes deal with Greens on nature laws overhaul amid criticism ‘dirty deal’ being ‘rammed through’

Deal to rewrite the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks end to five-year struggle to fix broken system

AAP

Environment reforms to pass after Labor-Greens deal

The first major changes in decades to Australia's long-criticised environment laws aim to better protect natural sites and speed up project approvals.

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